"galette" news and stories

The galette is loosey-goosey when it comes to the formality of a tart crust, nicely fluted and symmetrical. Rustic is the word for a galette, which is buttery, flakey, and fruity-everything you want in a tart without the fussiness. Blogger dessertfirst goes two ways with her plum galette, above: one more traditional, with almond frangipane; and the second with a cocoa-kissed crust and a touch of star anise.

Mix up the fruit in these recipes for a blood-orange galette with salted caramel sauce, or a roasted balsamic pear version. Savory ingredients love the galette as well: Try this mushroom-and-leek variation, or a roasted vegetable galette with olives.

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Nectarine Galette. Photo: Smitten Kitchen.

We have a confession to make: We have a really hard time not turning Feast Your Eyes into a direct daily feed from Smitten Kitchen. Not only does the blog's author, Deb, constantly concoct an amazing array of seasonally diverse dishes over and over and over again, she manages to always take incredibly flattering photographs of her subjects.

Case in point: this nectarine galette -- a flat, round tart which Deb claims is "ridiculously easy to make." Making it look beautiful, however, is another story, yet somehow she manages to make that sound simple too: "A single pie crust, a brush of melted butter, a sprinkling of sugar and big wedges of peak-season fruit, in this case, arranged on a bed of ground almonds, baked until the edges are browned and the fruit is starting to caramelize."

Yeah... we'll just watch from over here -- with mouths watering, of course.

[Via Smitten Kitchen]